A Great Egret flying over Long Pool, Pagham Harbour this lunchtime. This stunning egret, in breeding plumage with temporary black bill, is a difficult bird to see on the peninsula. @selseybirder.bsky.social @sussexornitholo.bsky.social #birds #ukbirds #nikon #D5

Grackle at Bracklesham Bay today, no precise location though... #ukbirding

The first Blackcap in my Selsey garden this year is a female. Photos taken through our dining room windows. @selseybirder.bsky.social #birds #ukbirds

15 Swallows and a House Martin came in off the sea at Selsey Bill this afternoon between 3.45 and 4.45. I love watching these migrating birds arrive on their epic journey from southern Africa. @selseybirder.bsky.social #birds #ukbirds

Never a dull morning on Dungeness Beautiful camper van stuck Plus a Chough flying over Jacob/Jonathan and me at the New Lighthouse (from the reintroduction project in Dover) A ‘First’ for Dungeness From my pic you can see it is ringed and accordingly she is called ‘Betty’ 😳🤦 #KentBirding

A Willow Warbler on my walk around Pagham Harbour nature reserve this afternoon. #birds #ukbirds

four garganey east at the Bill per SH

Stone-curlew over Birdham last night per AB #rarebirdsUK

My first Common Whitethroat of the year, and the first on the Peninsula that I know of, along the Medmerry Cycle Link, Pagham Harbour this afternoon. Five days earlier than last year. @selseybirder.bsky.social @sussexornitholo.bsky.social #birds #ukbirds

The first Little Tern of the year back at Church Norton this afternoon

Common Tern east past Lee-on-the Solent! Otherwise not much moving yet... 🤞 #PWC2026 @hosbirding.bsky.social

Up to seven singing Blackcaps on my walk this morning, with two moulting Spotted Redshanks and a Greenshank. Pagham Harbour nature reserve. @selseybirder.bsky.social #birds #ukbirds

Pendeen Watch (5th April) Strong westerly - four hours from 7:15am. 144,000 Manx Shearwater 1 Red-throated Diver the highlights.

A Greenshank and a Water Rail on my walk around Pagham Harbour this morning. @selseybirder.bsky.social #birds #ukbirds

Total birds for the month 148, above average for March, total for the year now 165 which is the highest total at this point in the year (one above 2021). Highlights of the month include the Cranes, and the Serin on 19th March, the earliest ever; 17 new birds in total recorded.

March across the wider Dungeness recording area was desperate with the 2026 total now on 161 species Highlight was a Crane which flew over the RSPB reserve, a Smew and Long-tailed Duck on seawatches and a light scattering of spring migrants Northerly winds are not kind Keep smiling #KentBirding

The weekly review is now live. Some nice birds about but plenty more to come; sos.org.uk/weekly-sight... 📸Black-necked Grebe by Dave Thorns #sussexbirds #UkBirding

Little Gull on the Ivy Lake complex this afternoon. @selseybirder.bsky.social #birds #ukbirds

My first singing Willow Warbler of the year is always a special treat. Pagham Harbour nature reserve this morning. @selseybirder.bsky.social #birds #ukbirds #Nikon #D810

First Common Tern on the Peninsula today at the gravel pits and then the first Arctic Skua offshore this afternoon (both found by SH)

A Common Scoter heading west past Selsey Bill this afternoon. @selseybirder.bsky.social #birds #ukbirds #nikon #D810

Nice to see my photo of a Med Gull on the front cover of the latest SOS newsletter, even if it has been credited to someone else! @sussexornitholo.bsky.social @selseybirder.bsky.social

April is coming and Sussex is alive with birds. 🐦 Paul James shares his expert guide on what to look for this month in our latest post: 👉 April Birding Targets in Sussex 💥 tinyurl.com/3fnxy4rj 💥 Built on years of local knowledge in Sussex - this is essential reading. 📸Gary Faulkner: Ring Ouzel

100+ sand martins and four swallows over ivy lake chichester per AB

A Shag and a Gannet heading west past a stormy Selsey Bill this afternoon with a very distant Black-throated Diver heading east. @selseybirder.bsky.social #birds #ukbirds

Mid-March is that frustrating “no-man’s-land” time between winter and spring, but there were nevertheless a few interesting sightings. Full weekly report can be read here; sos.org.uk/weekly-sight... #Sussexbirds #UkBirding 📸Green-winged teal by Derek Barber

Happy memories as I found the Bonaparte’s Gull at Chichester Gravel Pits, West Sussex. It was only 6 months after I’d moved back to the UK from 10 years in the US so I still had recent memories of 1000’s of Bony’s fresh in my mind. Others got much better pics but here’s my initial record shot.

Pete has confirmed it's a regular visitor here in spring, as well as visiting Snow Hill Marsh, West Wittering, where it was ringed as a chick in 2024. Not been reported anywhere else yet! #HantsBirds #SussexBirds

Lots of singing Chiffchaffs around Pagham Harbour nature reserve this morning. @selseybirder.bsky.social #birds #ukbirds #nikon #D4s

A male Blackcap singing this morning in a little wood at Pagham Harbour nature reserve, with a female lurking in bushes nearby. I used manual focus to pick it out among the branches. @selseybirder.bsky.social #birds #ukbirds #nikon #D4s

Why species surveys and the Bird Report are so important to support existing and new work with birds in Sussex. sos.org.uk/news/firecre... #sussexbirds #UkBirding

Male Garganey east at The Bill at 0805 this morning was the first of the year here

Just dropped through my Dorset letterbox this morning. Great work by all involved, plenty of art to add to the excellent photos. If the web has drawn you away from County bird reports & bird clubs, have a rethink. They are an essential part of our birding communities culture 🙏

A Great Northern Diver catching the bounce on landing just off Selsey Bill this morning. @selseybirder.bsky.social #birds #ukbirds

A brilliant example of partnership in action. Three organisations, brilliant lottery funding and transformational habitat restoration. @sussexwildlife.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social @sussexornitholo.bsky.social @tnlcommunityfund.org.uk sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/bringin...

Two Grey Partridges, a scarce peninsula bird, in the field near the Horse Pond at Itchenor #sussexbirding

My first Wheatear of the year at Church Norton this morning. @selseybirder.bsky.social #birds #ukbirds #migration

This Turnstone on the beach at Selsey Bill this morning seems to have started molting into summer plumage. @selseybirder.bsky.social #birds #ukbirds

Beachy Head: Contexually slow passage of Dark-bellied Brent Geese this morning, barely c500 before 08.30, although a Pale-bellied Brent' east at 07.44hrs was nice.

Manx Shearwater is back in Cornish waters in numbers. 317 this morning off Porthgwarra and 515 yesterday off Pendeen Watch. Also 3 Puffin today, the first for the year for me. Over next three weeks, peak numbers pass Cornwall heading north to the breeding grounds. #cornwallbirding #ukbirding

Brent Geese on the move again this morning past Selsey. @selseybirder.bsky.social #birds #ukbirds #migration

In the immortal words of the comedian Jimmy Cricket, 'And there's more...' More Brent Geese heading east past Selsey early this morning. @selseybirder.bsky.social #birds #ukbirds #migration

A quick look late afternoon and the Brent were still heading off east. @selseybirder.bsky.social #birds #ukbirds #migration

Whooper Swans at White's Creek Pagham Hbr #sussexbirding #ukbirding

First Wheatears of the year on the peninsula at Selsey coastguards and at Medmerry

Six Whooper Swans in White's Creek Pagham this morning found by LP #sussexbirding

Flocks of Brent Geese on the move past West Beach, Selsey around 7am this morning. @selseybirder.bsky.social #birds #ukbirds #migration

The Port Meadow Ring-billed Gull blog post is now out, photos will be replaced in due course with better versions as I don't currently have the computer I usually use for image processing with me. Some identification pointers inside #ukbirding tmbirding.blogspot.com/2026/03/a-da...

180 brent east at the Bill per PB, Ruff in Honer one at north wall #sussexbirding